Best way to split strings into an array

The easiest way to split a NSString into an NSArray is the following:

NSString *string = @"Zakinthos (ZTH),GREECE";NSArray *stringArray = [string componentsSeparatedByString: @","];

This should work for you. Have you tried this?

To expand on hspain's answer, and to bring the solution more in line with the question, i present you with the following

NSString *string = @"Zakinthos (ZTH),GREECE";NSArray *stringArray = [string componentsSeparatedByString: @","];

this gives you a 2 element array: [@"Zakinthos (ZTH)", @"GREECE"];

from here you can easily get the country.

NSString *countryString = stringArray[1]; // GREECE

and repeat the process to refine further:

NSArray *stateArray = [(NSString*)stringArray[0] componentsSeparatedByString:@" "];

stateArray now looks like this [@"Zakinthos", @"(ZTH)"];

NSString *stateString = stateArray[0]; // Zakinthos

and now you have Country and State separated into their own strings, which you can build new arrays with like this:

NSMutableArray *countryArray = [NSMutableArray arrayWithObjects:countryString, nil];NSMutableArray *stateArray = [NSMutableArray arrayWithObjects:stateString, nil];

As you process your document of locations you can add more countries and states to their proper arrays via something like the following:

[countryArray addObject:newCountryString];[stateArray addObject:newStateString];